"Neutral Territory"
Part 3
The True Cat
Disclaimer: Just about all of the characters and storylines belong to Fox and anyone else evolved with Dark Angel but the other things are from my own mind.
Summary: These events are similar and based on episode from season one of Dark Angel but with the introduction of my own character. Events that take place are seen in a different perspective.
Spoilers/Timeframe: Occurs after "411 on the DL".
Rating: PG A/N: Thank you for reading my story. If you enjoyed it please e- mail me at the_true_cat@hotmail.com so that I know that there is enough interest to post the following parts or so I can send them to you.
*****
Half an hour later Zack and Claire are walking to Claire's.
As Claire and Zack walked back towards her place very little was said. She was getting the feeling that even after her help in the club he still didn't trust her and was having a major conflict running through his head, it was understandable. However he continued to walk beside her, giving the directions she was giving him little thought. They were now only one block from Claire's apartment which was situated in one of the more up-market sectors of Seatle. It was conveniently between Max's place and Jam Pony. Zack drifted out of his thoughts only to find he had no idea where he was.
"Where are we going?"
"We're going back to my place, we're almost there."
"Why. I thought we were meeting up with Max?"
"We are. It's just with Donald in town we thought it would be safer for her to avoid her place for these kinds of meetings, and anyway, it would have been really stupid to go back to her place with Shades following us"
Zack stopped dead in his tracks.
"Someone is following us since when?"
"Didn't you notice?"
"No, I was thinking. Shit."
"Don't worry about it he is always there that's whys we named him. Donald sends him to watch out for me. It's just a babysitting job to him. The idiot won't know who you are, probably thinks you're just a guy I just meet and is taking me home.""
"That's not far from the truth," Zack replied frowning.
"So let's make it look like that."
Once again they continued to walk. When they reached Claire's building, Zack walked her up the steps and was just about to walk inside when Claire stopped him.
"Zack, it's probably best if you don't come in this way cause if that guy has some happy snaps well... I don't really want to go there. There is a fire escape around the back I'm on the top floor"
And with that she kissed him on the cheek and headed inside.
Zack watched Claire run inside and frowned. Her confidence and happiness was strange considering the world they lived in and the people she knew. It also was bothering him that someone Max would consider to be such a close friend was so close to the one person they hated so much. Zack was suddenly pulled from his line of thought with the realisation that the man that Claire had called "Shades" was now starting to run towards him. As he ran the man lifted a radio to his mouth and began sending a message.
"Suspect target spotted..."
But that was as far as he got. Zack leaped from the stairs and landed on the guy, punching him right between the eyes, knocking him unconscious.
"Sure don't make them like they use to," was all zack said as he lifted the guy over his shoulder.
Zack carried him a couple of blocks before dumping him in a back ally. By the time he returned to Claire's building the street was crawling with Lydecker's men. Zack snarled and rushed around the back of her building and climbed the fire escape. When he reached the top floor he found a window and silently climbed in.
Zack found himself in a nearly empty storeroom and was just about to open the door when he was grabbed from behind.
Zack struggled against the person's grip and tried to yell out over the persons hand covering his mouth when a familiar voice whispered urgently into his ear.
"Zack! Lydecker is in the next room so unless you wont to be one of his lab rats you'll shut up."
Zack suddenly found himself released and he whipped around to find Max standing in the corner.
"Maxie I..."
"Shhhh. Like I said, Lydecker is on the other side of that door. Why did you have to go attack Shades for, now you've got Lydecker fussing over Claire."
"Don't worry about him. I dumped the guy a couple of blocks away."
"Yeah, well, he must have said something cause five minutes ago Lydecker and his army showed up."
They both jumped as Claire opened the door to the room they were standing in.
"He's gone," she said as she moved back into the apartment. "How about that glass of red?"
"Sure, sounds good," Max replied. "How did you get rid of him?"
"Just told him that blue eyes here was just some guy I payed to walk me home and gave him a few tears."
Zack didn't understand what they were talking about but made it obvious that he wanted to talk to Max alone. Claire poured them each a glass of red wine and was just about to sit down when she realised why Zack had become silent.
"Well, I've had a big night, sorry, Zack, for what happened in the club."
Claire turned and retreated into what Zack guessed to be her room. Zack turned to Max and was just about to begin firing questions when Claire reappeared.
"Um Zack, there are pillows and a blanket on the couch for you."
"A blanket?"
"Yes, Max thought it would be a good idea for you to stay here and I tend to agree now Donald knows your in town."
Zack looked startled. He wasn't use to taking orders any more.
"Well, goodnight, see you both tomorrow."
Claire made a quick escape back to her room before the inevitable began. And sure enough it did. Max had warned her this would happen. Zack would play big brother and would question and lecture her until the early hours of the morning. As Claire drifted off to sleep she could hear them arguing. She was waken a few hours later by a slamming door. When she peered out from behind her door it was clear the Max had won the argument. Zack sat sulking on her lounge. Claire smiled at the site of him and quietly shut her door and went back to bed.
End of Part 3
Part 3
The True Cat
Disclaimer: Just about all of the characters and storylines belong to Fox and anyone else evolved with Dark Angel but the other things are from my own mind.
Summary: These events are similar and based on episode from season one of Dark Angel but with the introduction of my own character. Events that take place are seen in a different perspective.
Spoilers/Timeframe: Occurs after "411 on the DL".
Rating: PG A/N: Thank you for reading my story. If you enjoyed it please e- mail me at the_true_cat@hotmail.com so that I know that there is enough interest to post the following parts or so I can send them to you.
*****
Half an hour later Zack and Claire are walking to Claire's.
As Claire and Zack walked back towards her place very little was said. She was getting the feeling that even after her help in the club he still didn't trust her and was having a major conflict running through his head, it was understandable. However he continued to walk beside her, giving the directions she was giving him little thought. They were now only one block from Claire's apartment which was situated in one of the more up-market sectors of Seatle. It was conveniently between Max's place and Jam Pony. Zack drifted out of his thoughts only to find he had no idea where he was.
"Where are we going?"
"We're going back to my place, we're almost there."
"Why. I thought we were meeting up with Max?"
"We are. It's just with Donald in town we thought it would be safer for her to avoid her place for these kinds of meetings, and anyway, it would have been really stupid to go back to her place with Shades following us"
Zack stopped dead in his tracks.
"Someone is following us since when?"
"Didn't you notice?"
"No, I was thinking. Shit."
"Don't worry about it he is always there that's whys we named him. Donald sends him to watch out for me. It's just a babysitting job to him. The idiot won't know who you are, probably thinks you're just a guy I just meet and is taking me home.""
"That's not far from the truth," Zack replied frowning.
"So let's make it look like that."
Once again they continued to walk. When they reached Claire's building, Zack walked her up the steps and was just about to walk inside when Claire stopped him.
"Zack, it's probably best if you don't come in this way cause if that guy has some happy snaps well... I don't really want to go there. There is a fire escape around the back I'm on the top floor"
And with that she kissed him on the cheek and headed inside.
Zack watched Claire run inside and frowned. Her confidence and happiness was strange considering the world they lived in and the people she knew. It also was bothering him that someone Max would consider to be such a close friend was so close to the one person they hated so much. Zack was suddenly pulled from his line of thought with the realisation that the man that Claire had called "Shades" was now starting to run towards him. As he ran the man lifted a radio to his mouth and began sending a message.
"Suspect target spotted..."
But that was as far as he got. Zack leaped from the stairs and landed on the guy, punching him right between the eyes, knocking him unconscious.
"Sure don't make them like they use to," was all zack said as he lifted the guy over his shoulder.
Zack carried him a couple of blocks before dumping him in a back ally. By the time he returned to Claire's building the street was crawling with Lydecker's men. Zack snarled and rushed around the back of her building and climbed the fire escape. When he reached the top floor he found a window and silently climbed in.
Zack found himself in a nearly empty storeroom and was just about to open the door when he was grabbed from behind.
Zack struggled against the person's grip and tried to yell out over the persons hand covering his mouth when a familiar voice whispered urgently into his ear.
"Zack! Lydecker is in the next room so unless you wont to be one of his lab rats you'll shut up."
Zack suddenly found himself released and he whipped around to find Max standing in the corner.
"Maxie I..."
"Shhhh. Like I said, Lydecker is on the other side of that door. Why did you have to go attack Shades for, now you've got Lydecker fussing over Claire."
"Don't worry about him. I dumped the guy a couple of blocks away."
"Yeah, well, he must have said something cause five minutes ago Lydecker and his army showed up."
They both jumped as Claire opened the door to the room they were standing in.
"He's gone," she said as she moved back into the apartment. "How about that glass of red?"
"Sure, sounds good," Max replied. "How did you get rid of him?"
"Just told him that blue eyes here was just some guy I payed to walk me home and gave him a few tears."
Zack didn't understand what they were talking about but made it obvious that he wanted to talk to Max alone. Claire poured them each a glass of red wine and was just about to sit down when she realised why Zack had become silent.
"Well, I've had a big night, sorry, Zack, for what happened in the club."
Claire turned and retreated into what Zack guessed to be her room. Zack turned to Max and was just about to begin firing questions when Claire reappeared.
"Um Zack, there are pillows and a blanket on the couch for you."
"A blanket?"
"Yes, Max thought it would be a good idea for you to stay here and I tend to agree now Donald knows your in town."
Zack looked startled. He wasn't use to taking orders any more.
"Well, goodnight, see you both tomorrow."
Claire made a quick escape back to her room before the inevitable began. And sure enough it did. Max had warned her this would happen. Zack would play big brother and would question and lecture her until the early hours of the morning. As Claire drifted off to sleep she could hear them arguing. She was waken a few hours later by a slamming door. When she peered out from behind her door it was clear the Max had won the argument. Zack sat sulking on her lounge. Claire smiled at the site of him and quietly shut her door and went back to bed.
End of Part 3